Men ' s Hockey outscores weekend opponents 13-3 Student sends soccer equipment to Malawi in south-central Africa. The country's By TEAGUE DUGAN plethora of humanitarian issues ranges STAFF WRITER from endemic HIV/AIDS to insuffi- cient nutrition to a per capita income After visiting Malawi this past sum- of less than $1 per day. Lilongwe has mer to work with a non-governmental around 600,000 residents, 20% of organization dedicated to helping poor whom it is estimated are HIV positive. children in sub-Saharan Africa , James The well-being of its citizens depends Goldring '08 has been collecting soc- criticall y on aid from non-profit cer equipment throughout the school NGO's, such as the Pendulum Project , year to send back. The equipment will for whom Goldring worked this past enable orphaned children in some of summer, and international organiza- the poorest communities in the capital tions, such as the IMF and WorldBank. city of Lilongwe to take part in the The conditions for playing soccer in world's most popular Lilongwe arc also game. abysmal: many peo- Goldring sent his ple don 't have shoes first shipment, includ- I would carry a or even soccer balls, ing 20 pairs of shoes, soccer ball instead balling up shin guards, shorts, rags or plastic bags socks, jerseys and soc- everywhere I to use as a substi- cer balls, in January went and you tute. "I would carry and intends to coiled a soccer ball every- throughout the spring could see the where I went and semester to send a sec- you could see the ROB NEW! /THE GOBY ECHO kids' eyes light Tlie Mules defeated top-ranked Wesleyan 5-1 on Friday and defeated Trinity 8-2 on Saturday They play at St. Michael s' College in VT tonight. ond shipment this kids' eyes light up coming June up when they when they saw it," "The response saw it. Goldnng said. from the whole Colby "My experience community has been Jamie Goldring '08 in Malawi was Religious tracts continue to appear very gratifying," Student incredibly reward- what he wrote read: "Library users have "My workers know to look for tion that is found frequently is a 100 Goldring said. "I've ing because the peo- By CHELSEA EAK1N the right to read what they chose and to them, they know to look around and dollar counterfeit bill with a photo of exceeded my initial ple were so warm FEATURES EDITOR draw their own conclusions from these where to find them and we're keep- Al Gore in the center that reads: "This goal and I really appreciate everyone and welcoming," said Goldring. "Il materials. They should not have to deal ing track of what sections they are is counterfeit, but Jesus is the real taking time to dig through their closets was surprising because the disparity in Beginning in late 2002, conserva- with religious tracts lhat disparage and found in," Stacks Supervisor Lorie thing." Some of the tracts contain and get this equipment to me." lifestyles [between myself and the tive Christian tracts have been found denigrate their value McLeod said. information saying they arc manufac- In addition to gathering equipment, Malawi natives] is so great. The peo- in books throughout Miller Library. as humans or mat adding that most ot tured by the Tract League of West Goldring will be fundraising through- ple 1 met there said to me, 'Jamie , Student library workers look through cast aspersions on the leaflets tend to Michigan. out this semester to raise money to don 't forget about us.'" books for the tracts on a weekly basis, the material that they The leaflets seem show up in the The libraries at Bates College and pursue an independent study in Goldring asks that anyone who can and no one has ever witnessed them are reading. Hatred is to be targeted at Holocaust section. Bowdoin College, in addition to pub- Malawi this coming summer. This contribute either drop off gear in the being placed. not a library value "It gives you a lic libraries throughout Maine, have time he will be looking to work worth collection box outside Dana 142 oi "The leaflets seem to be targeted at and it is not a value particular sense when you find also continually found the leaflets the contacts he has made there to pro- email him (jd goldn (a, colby.edu) tc particular areas—Jewish studies, gay of a liberally educat- areas—Jewish them in the over the past five or so years. "At the vide bicycle ambulances, or small make other arrangements. Any equip- and lesbian studies. Women studies," ed person." He noted Holocaust books moment we haven't seen any. It 's trailers that can be attached to bicycles ment is great, but he is particularly in Director of the Colby Libraries that while the library studies, gay and that if you had been usually around religious holidays that and used to transport very ill persons need of jerseys, including youth jer- Clement Guthro said. "There is a big will continue to mon- lesbian studies, a Christian , this we see more," Circulation Supervisor who otherwise would not make it to seys. Anyone interested in helping concentration in the Holocaust sec- itor the collection , it wouldn't have hap- at Bowdoin Phyllis McQuaide said. medical centers. children in Malawi or anywhere in tion. Sometimes they get lazy and will is impossible to Women studies. pened to you kind "We actually did discover that one of Malawi is a landlocked, densely sub-Saharan Africa should visit pen- just put them will y nilly anywhere." It check every volume. of thing," she said. the students that was working for us populated and extremely poor country dulumproject.org for information. Clement Guthro is unclear whether the individuals or "We don't get a "I'm Christian yet it was doing it and we also found Director of the Colby Libraries groups placing the tracts are from lot of complaints but bothered me so another adult doing it after we put up within the Colby community or from mainl y because much, and it wasn't security cameras. Since the student the outside. we've been very proactive in look- geared toward me." was caught last spring, the leaflets After a recent complaint from a fac- ing," Guthro said. Most of the leaflets Around ten different varieties of have dwindled." ulty member, Guthro wrote a statement are placed in the middle of books, leaflets have been found, all contain- in the Digest of Civil Discourse. Part of making it difficult to find them. ing quotes from the Bible. One varia- Continued on Page 2 Landscaping plan to enhance campus appearance makeover, even facelift. Students may some areas will be thinned out. The of all the elements. "You wouldn't see By JOHN DeBRUICKER have noticed new benches, signs and plant life that obscures the views of us do something very modern on this NEWS EDITOR trash cans that use black metal frames some of the residence halls on Roberts campus," Murphy said of the simple to complement Mayflower Hill's row will be trimmed to increase visi- black iron design. "We wanted some- It seems the physical campus is per- bucolic aesthetic. These new additions bility. Overgrown and overmature thing that complements what we petually in a state of improvement. to the scenery are part of the College's plants will also be removed. already have." second Campus "Most campuses need to periodical- The guidelines for planting that the Landscaping ly stop and ask 'where are we going? Master Plan will adhere to specify that Malawian children play the world's most popular sport, some in hare feet. Master Plan, which What do we want the campus to look the College avoid invasive species, began in September use both deciduous and evergreen of 2004. species and use plantings that thrive in The first Master Most campuses the Maine environment with as little Student writes on coping with childhood illness Plan was born in human intervention as possible. the year 2000 and need to periodi- According to the guidelines , the plant- her pain with her everywhere she B KATHLEENMAYNARD took several years y went; to school, , cally stop and ings will have year-round appeal and CONTRIBUTING WRITER to gym class on car to complete, bring- preserve the existing character of the rides, over to friends ' houses and to ing us the Colby ask "where are grounds. bed. She dealt with skepticism from Green among other we going? What The new benches first appeared for "There is pain that we cannot just teachers, peers, and even doctors, who changes. The cur- commencement in 2006. Some of simply walk through. It is the type of suspected her of dreaming up this rent plan also has a do we want the them will feature ash trays to encour- pain that stays with us each day and. "pain." She often harbored her pain , separate Master campus to look age students to move away from the whether we like it not, becomes a part silentl y carrying it with her, hidden Plan that deals buildings if they wish to smoke, of who we are. It may be caused by from family and friends , knowing that specifically with like overall?" though some benches will remain the death of a loved one, a deep-seed- things could be worse. plantings, accord- smoke free. The signs can be found ed fear, or maybe a chronic illness " At some point in hig h school Patricia Murphy ing to Patricia marking each parking lot , designating Maya Klauber '08 was diagnosed at Klauber realized that it is not neces- Director of PPD Murphy, Director speed limits along Mayflower Hill age sixteen with spondyloarthropathy sary for kids suffering from chronic of the Physical Drive and naming buildings with royal arthritis, a genetic disease that causes disease to also suffer from chronic Plant Department. like overall?,'" Murphy said. The blue and white lettering. Also included inflammation in the joints , tendons loneliness. "Had 1 heard other kids New plants and College commissioned an outside in the plans are black iron street lights. and ligaments throughout one 's body, talking about their experiences with trees are slated to consultant to select which signs Murphy cited the black hand rails making pain widespread their illnesses, these past few years be added to the aca- matched the look of the rest of cam- that line the outdoor stairways all Prior to her diagnosis Klauber spent would have felt less scary and consid-

MADtSW GOUZIE/THE COtBY ECHO demic quad in front pus. The landscaping firm Reed many years waking up in pain and The new signs are tall dark and handsome. of Miller Library Hildcrbrand designed the landscape wondenne what caused it. She took Continued on Page 2 and the foliage in Master Plan and coordinated the look Continued on Page 3

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PAGE 3 PAGE 5 PAGE 7 The Colby Echo RELIGIOUS TRACTS: Miller library continues Dining services to start 5921 Mayflower Hill Watervllle. ME 04901 reusable mug program BENJAMIN B. HERBST to find Christian leaflets throughout collection EDITOR IN CHIEF tried a similar program unsuccessfully By CHELSEA EAKIN in cameras there would be certain sec- and Avasthi thinks part of the problem FEATURES EDITOR JOHN DeBRUICKER. *€WS EDITOR LUCIA GIORDANO. BUSINESS MANAGER Continued From Page 1 tions that I wouldn't want to put was that drop boxes for dirty mugs ALEXA UNDAUER. SPORTS EDITOR ANNA CZECHOWSK1. COPY EDITOR them— for example in the gay and were placed throughout the school, SUZANNE MERKELSON. OPINIONS EDITOR SARAH NAGEL, LAYOUT EDITOR McQuaide said that the question of lesbian section. We would have to Dining Services, in conjunction and not just in the dining halls. "Now JENNIFER COX. «E EDITOR SHAFEEK MOHAMED. AD MANAGER putting in security cameras was never find a section where people wouldn't with the Environmental Advisory they can't make them go away, they MOLLY WARREN. PHOTO EDITOR KATIE-ELYSE TURNER. ADUMOGCT an issue for the library. For Guthro, feel uncomfortable looking foi Group, has decided to start a reusable are eye sores and they have had pest CHELSEA EAKIN. FEATURES EDITOR LACEY FAVREAU, SUBSCRIPTIONS MANAGER cameras would be an invasion of pri- books." Miller has no intention ol mug program in all three dining halls, problems," Avasthi said, "Our whole MOLLY B1DDISCOMBE. AST SPORTS EDITOR ASHLEY CAMPS, WEBUASTEH vacy. "Bringing in video cameras installing security cameras at this beginning in early March. purpose in doing this with the dining would have a very chilling effect on time. The idea was originally presented by halls is to wash mugs and not have freedom of information. If we did put Dining Services in an effort to prevent boxes lying all over the place. Who The Colb\ Echo ts a weekly newspaper published by Ihc students of Colby College on lost china cups throughout the year and would be responsible for collecting?" Friday of each week the College is in session i 1 to remain environmentally sustainable. Avasthi and Klaus hope that the "We need to replace roughly 2,600 to program is successful. "I think it will LETTERS 3,000 china mugs a year in order to showcase once again how the College The Echo encourages letters from its readers, especially those within the immediate community Letters should not exceed 400 words and must pertain to a current issue or sustain our supply. That is $12,000 a and the students are really aware of topic at Colh> Letters are due by Sunday at midnight for publication the same week S. Jesus Loves year," Assistant Director of Dining this stuff [environmental issues]. We Letters should be typed and signed and include an address or phone number The Echo JH / You Services Joe Klaus said, "So the ques- hear about Bates being a disaster, Mill not. under any circumstances, print an unsigned letter tion became how do hopefully we can Please submit letters in Microsoft Word or text formal either via e-mail at n s s counterfeit we eliminate this show that our stu- echoitf.colbv.edu The Echo reserves the right to edit all submissions. ia\5 ^ ' ' but Jesus issue and still be We need to dents are better than EDITORIALS environmentally that," Klaus said. The Editorials are the official opinion of the majority of the £cAo staff Opinions is the real thing expressed in the individual columns, advertising and features are those of the author, not II conscious?" replace roughly Dining Services of ihc Echo "We understand 2,600 to 3,000 is in the process of CONTACT US I BI14930996A we're in Maine and working on a list of For information on publication dates or to contact us about submitting an article, it's cold and people china mugs a environmental ini- please call us at (207)872-3349 or ext 3349 on campus will want a beverage tiatives, some For questions about advertising and business issues, please call (207)872-3786, e-mail year in order to echoads.acolbvedu or fax (207)872-3555 B ^ ^g i to go," Director of already in place. r . MMECHO mi PHOTO Dining Services sustain our sup- "We at Colby con- 207.872.3349 [email protected] The flyers resemble dollar bills with the face ofAl Gore and carry evange- Varun Avasthi said. ply. That is tinue to be leading www.colbyecho.com list messages. They have been sporadically appearing as inserts in Miller When the program not only in Maine, library books over the past f ive years. begins there will no $12,000 a year. but amongst a lot of longer be paper cups colleges, and we are in the dining halls. Joe Klaus moving very fast in Instead, students will Assistant Director of Dining the dining services Services be given the option side in an environ- of taking out a mental direction ," reusable plastic mug Avasthi said. and when they return to a dining hall Some of the other initiatives being they will be able to drop the dirty cup in improved and implemented are food The Cljjiy Echo a window to be washed and made avail- composting, recycling programs, local Now hiring: ...... „ . able for future use. The mugs will be and organic purchasing, and disposing ° AlsoA1 , we will be hiringm several writers to made equally available to every student, of oil by giving it to a local farmer Assistant Photo Editor serve as a news staff. The news staff will "not just in Foss because it 's perceived who converts it into biodiesel. as the earthy, crunchy place," Avasthi "The EAG is impressed that Dining Layout Assistant consist of a mlx of "PPerclassmen and said, "If students want to hang on to the Services took the initiative to start this underclassmen and we are looking for mug and keep it that would be the ulti- program and we admire their continu- experienced writers as well as fresh faces. mate goal." al dedication to environment," Becky IINItKtoltL)iMTCDccTcno: "If we make the program work it Lipson '09, a student representative will develop a habit in students that on the EAG, said. E-mail [email protected] for an application Applications Due Feb. 23 extends beyond the college years—the Avasthi is confident that once stu- habit of using a reusable mug instead dents understand the reusable mug of throwing something in the trash," program they will be on-board with it. Klaus said. "You don't need to be a super envi- Neither Klaus nor Avasthi are ronmental person to understand the aware of the program being successful basics of this," he said. ROOM ON it DIME TIPS... at any other school. Bates College jiwwi Mr V Add some lamps and replace bright bulbs with softer ones.

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s Placing a piece of wood on top of your B^™*Brot*fW \ desk which Is longer than the desk will provide more space to your work area. ww*i« MOUT WARREN/THE COLBY ECHO %t W/ A student refills her mug at a juice machine in Roberts Dining Hall. mmm\m^m m •f Cheap Plastic hooks and metal towel du^]33%pRtofon. hangers made for over your door will QnA Djm^ggorr^ ^^ provide space to hang your clothes. PPD: Signsand tenches contribute to new look ^fe> . this campus?" Dale DeBlois, environ- * Choose a comforter that expresses Continued From Page 1 mental program manager at PPD who W) your style but won't show too much is in charge of executing the Master Build-Your-Own^t ^ Plan, was unavailable for comment at BSS .y • ¦ EfcCKftORiK dirt. The best choices are usually solid TbodfJ 'S^-^St^BBisX S '^H ^K across campus as precedent for the press time. colors or reversible styles. Avoid new look. When envisioning the The College has made the landscap- ggg MfcaVl. brightly patterned comforters that will changes to the grounds, a committee ing programs central in meetings with nMteecnangfr ^jrj Room make your room look smaller. featuring faculty, staff, students and the Board of Trustees, where Murphy three representatives from PPD exam- has discussed the new directions the i =H3 IBsSflSSR * ined "what do we have on campus that campus is taking in shape, size and l- s&/i*~l£^* * \ we like'/ What creates the character of appearance. I Colby College Department of Security Incident Report Log

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Please recycle this Echo\ Lovejoy recipient at it again; investigative journalist brings another Klansman to justice Who's Who By JOHN DeBRUICKER who had escaped the consequences of in jail, am I? Karli Gasteazoro '07 NEWS EDITOR their hateful crimes for 25 years. His Still, Mitchell feels that the feds work reopened investigations into dragged their feet. "The case kind of church bombings and the murders of languished," he said, referring to the By EMILY WARM1NGTON here in the first place. "I came as a abroad. "Really try going abroad 2006 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award NAACP workers Medgar Evers and gap between Scale 's comments and STAFF WRITER pre-frosh and was incredibly somewhere that pushes you beyond winner Jerry Mitchell has yet again Vemon Dahmer among others. his conviction. "I thought they should impressed by the community," she your comfort zone." she says. "Go uncovered a Civil Rights murder case In an interview with the Echo, have gone forward with it at that time. Karli Gasteazoro is a Colby senior explains, "There was an energy on live somewhere that is so far from long after it had been forgotten by the Mitchell said the fact that Henry They didn 't go forward with it until hailing from the Twin Cities area in campus that I wanted to be a part of." your lifestyle that you get to see legal system. Thanks to the Jackson Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie 2005 when the brother of Charles Minnesota. On campus she is a resi- But her energy isn't restricted to things differently." As far life on Clarion-Ledger reporter, reputed Moore were killed on federal property Eddie Moore met with a U.S. attor- dent of the Heights, a biology major Colby's campus. campus is concerned, "Choose your Klansman James Scale now faces (Homochitto National Forrest) ney." Thomas Moore, the victim's with a creative writing minor, and Two summers ago she worked at major sooner than they tell you to," charges he had avoided in 1964 for the allowed the government to reopen the brother, persisted and the federal has more things on her Colby resume Belleview Hospital in New York and "don 't let anyone persuade you abduction and murder of two African- case. The Federal Bureau of authorities renewed the investigation. than you can say in one breath. Karli, City helping with patients and wit- from your passion," she urged. American teenagers. Investigation told Mitchell that all the Suffice to say that Mitchell is not who has been a COOT2 Leader for nessing a variety of medical events As graduation closes in. Mitchell is no stranger to bringing files on the case had been destroyed. resting on the laurels. Having won not three years, is also on the COOT2 from traumas in the emergency room Gasteazoro says she is "excited for criminals to justice who for years had They had not. Mitchell's researcher only Colby 's nationally renowned committee, the group in charge of to open heart surgery. This upcoming this last semester to continue to walked the streets as free men. He found the records and Seale was to journalistic distinction but also numer- COOT2 Leader selections and train- summer Gasteazoro will be working strengthen [her] Colby community." earned the Lovejoy prize for journalis- face bis charges after the Echo s press ous others, Mitchell noted how clut- ing among other things. "I'm pretty for the second consecutive year at And of the Senior Class, "We're all tic fearlessness in the name of free- time. tered his mantle has become. With all obsessed with COOT," she has to say the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, a just so happy to be with each other dom by conducting research and In 2000, Mitchell interviewed Seale the awards taking up space, he said of her involvement, citing that she camp for chronically and terminally for this last semester." While writing articles that led to the convic- and asked if he had anything to do "it 's kind of getting embarrassing. I enjoys being able to work with peo- ill children ages seven to fifteen. Gasteazoro herself may be leaving tions of four KIu Klux Klan members with the crime. Seale replied, "I ain't may have to pack them all up." ple and give them advice, a key com- "I'd ideally like to be working Colby's campus this spring, the work ponent of COOT2. with patients, with people," she has done while she was here will Gasteazoro has also made a point Gasteazoro says of her employment undoubtedly have a lasting effect and of being very involved in many other ambitions, noting that she would the enthusiasm that she has shown BOOK: Student's work to fill absence of texts on chronic illnesses organizations on campus including most like to work in pediatrics. Like will likewise attract future Colby the Student Government Association many seniors, Gasteazoro is not yet students with her same passion for more pain and strife than any of us can camp have reached that tipping point, as a representative for the Junior sure where she will be after the sum- community. Continued From Page I fathom. She described a tipping point and moved forward. Class, during which time she helped mer but says that she has had a few % that every child with chronic disease Klauber's book aims to not only to organize events on campus interviews. give the chronically ill something to designed to bring together students Gasteazoro erably less lonely. I would have known relate to, but also something for the in different years and social groups. also com- that all the fear, all the words I could- multitudes of healthy people to dis- This year, Gasteazoro is helping to mented on n't pronounce, all the doctor visits It's important to cover and internalize as a reminder of organize the Senior Pledge, the how helpful were not just my personal problem." find activities how lucky they are. Fortunately much tegirining of what will hopefully be Career At the time, Klauber only had a lot is being done on the research front to a long term trend of this year's Services had of impersonal medical books to feed that propel you help eliminate these chronic illnesses, seniors giving back to the College. been this year her desire for literature on the topic of out of the pain. and to produce medications that Aside from her participation in in helping to her disease. Over the years of coping relieve pain like Klauber 's. "It's welcoming incoming freshmen edit her cover with her illness she had learned two Writing this important to find activities that propel every year, Gasteazoro is also a letters over important lessons. First: being out in book is my you out of the pain ," she said. member of the appeals board and the winter break. the open, rather than hiding, helps "Writing this book is my activity. I Off-Campus Study Committee. She As far as ease the pain. Second: doing some- activity. wake up and remind myself that 'I'm herself has traveled abroad three advice , gonna get this baby done!"' She is still times. She spent two Jan Plans in Gasteazoro thing you love, like writing or artwork Maya Klauber '08 or music helps ease the pain. At this trying to locate subjects to write about Thailand and for a semester she went had a few Student point, Klauber decided to combine who have been diagnosed with Lupus, on a traveling public health abroad things to these two therapeutic remedies; writ- MS, or Cerebral Palsy. Please contact program that included trips to India, offer. First ing and sharing, to create a book on eventually reaches—the point where H [email protected] if you can assist China, and South Africa. and most growing up with chronic disease. This is either the feeding tube or starvation, her in locating subjects for these dis- Why so involved? Well according emphatically book will be something that thousands the wheel chair or bed, chemotherapy eases or are interested in participating to Gasteazoro, the kind of enthusi- she urges DAN NOUW/TME COtBY ECHO '07 of children and teenagers suffering or a couple of months. Most in this in some other capacity. asm for Colby is what brought her everyone to go Karli Gasteazoro from chronic illness can hold hands over, knowing that they are not alone. In order to write a comprehensive narrative on chronic illness, Klauber has comprised a list of chronic and physical illnesses including arthritis, 6ETUSC.COM J0INREO.COM lupus, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, mus- ^^^^ j t cular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and cancer. During her fall semester in Australia, she began writing her personal account of illness ; and throughout January worked with ii Professor of Psychology Tarja Raag to develop a 35 question survey to be given out to subjects. 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I cannot say thank you enough to the Colby communi- ty for all the VJH ) support they've given me. Maya Klauber '08 Student granting her Jan Plan credit as well as 4 credits for the spring semester that can be contributed to working on the book. She beamed when describing the encouragement she has had from faculty and fellow students, "I cannot say thank you enough to the Colby community for all the support they've given me. People have written letters and been eager to point me toward material I can incorporate into the book. It's great to know we're at a school where kids can and do under- take major, life-changing efforts." The most recent addition to her U.S. Cellular ' me... support network is a Child gets Psychologist and Art Therapist from New York City who has agreed to teach Klauber the fundamentals of even when it's not about me. communication with chronically ill children, with emphasis on her spe- cialty. Art Therapy. She has also agreed to write a segment that will be H^ U&Cellular + Q included in the book to share some of J her interactions with chronically ill children. Art Therapy, a field Klauber MOTOROLA IS A PROUD PARTNER OF (PRODUCT)"1' hopes to pursue in the future, is a . 11 mechanism for creating a low-stress U.S. CELLULAR IS A CONTRIBUTING PARTY TO (PRODUCT) "' environment in which to discuss PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THIS PRODUCT GOES DHttCTLV TO THE GLOBAL FUND TO HELP WOMEN AND CHILDREN intensely emotional topics. * . Composing this book has forced AFFECTED BY HIV AND AIDS IN AFRICA Klauber to pull scraps from every realm of her experience. Over the past U.S. CollulK and Motorola will collectively make i $17 coKritmUm on the ule at each led M0T0RA2R prtoae to the Glohjl Fund To Fift! AIDS. Tubetculosu and Malan.i. six years she has volunteered at a Camp for Children with MD, where ¦ she has met several inspiring charac- IMinHt.a. ¦.*... ..< il IK.- - . - i .- t r> ... . " . . ' «w. ¦ ters. Many of these children endure MffMWaimU l.'l«)l(u»! 'll .Ai|v. '.rl.ii ... wl JW»^U , ' i ¦t. >! ..I "^M* . kM) .aH.I.L|..t » I T*t—J. IVIlill >' < • . . II 13 L .t. -i. .' i.. . '1'M '.Mljnt .. . ' I l a >t it Green haze all around: On I My computer: Dammit! EDITORIAL America's new environmentalism Honor Statement lacks teeth the U.S. Yes, the U.S. should be able cusses in my new favorite book Tftc Last week the SGA's Honor Statement Working Group wrote a column in to feed its own addiction However, Om/m-ores' Dilemma (reading just one mis paper detailing the importance and benefits of the document they have the current approach to ending page will change the way you think produced, and advocated the passage of the statement this spring. American dependency on oil (Bush's about your Dana hamburger), it takes a plan to cut gasoline consumption by certain amount of oil to produce the nec- I'M NEVER GOING TO RETIRE Practically speaking, what is this document? Last week, the working 20 percent in ten years, by increasing essary fertilizer to grow such an excess By C.W. Bassett ethanol production and raising fuel- of com. As he says in his book, when group answered that question this way: "[The honor statement] is a volun- By SUZANNE MERKFXSON tary, non-binding statement of academic integrity." That summation really OPINIONS EDITOR efficiency standards) addresses global you eat a hamburger from a corn-fed I am a rapidly degenerating, 74- highlights our main reservation: this honor statement carries no weight. warming as an afterthought. And inde- cow, you're, in some ways, eating oil. year-old man who is forced to try to Apparently, cnvironmentalism is pendence from foreign oil only fosters Similarly, when you fill up your tank join the generations below me in a First of all, what are the motivations behind this initiative? Do we have starting to catch on. It 's been hard for an "us versus them" mentality, when with ethanol, you're just a few steps futile quest to keep up with the com- some type of academic dishonesty epidemic occurring on the Hill? There are me to recognize this trend; as an really the whole messy situation down in the industrial process and still puter. As a mattcrof fact, I never even no specific or repeated incidents that drive this motion; instead, it seems the Environmental Studies minor 1 feel so should be seen as us versus ourselves. using oil. Ethanol may bum cleaner, but learned how to typewrite; when motivation for SGA members to establish a statement is simply that we do steeped in environmental awareness The Economist featured a photo of it's definitely not the best solution—just everyone else was tapping away at not have a statement or code and they feel we should. No mention has been that I sometimes forget other people a road sign depicting a white farmer the one that's currently most convenient their typewriter keyboards, I took made of a higher goal, toward which this document is the initial step. don 't think about things like emis- and an Arab sheik figure, stating and politically viable. Speech. In retrospect, I sure wish I sions trading or the Endangered "Who would you rather buy gas from? Playing on current American fears had taken typing. In the past f ewyears the idea of an honor code has been tossed around by Species Act all the time. Support the statewide ethanol stan- and discriminations is not the right Because 1 sit here tonight typing on students—specifically members of the SGA—but has always failed because Two weeks ago. The Economist dard." The magazine's caption on the way to think about global warming or my computer keyboard {keypad? of mandated reporting. ran a cover-story called "The photo: "A no-brainer in Missouri." about moving away from an oil-based whatever) with two fingers, one on Greening of America" documenting But is that really a no-braincr? Or economy. The entire world will expe- each hand, very, VERY slowly. No Notably, this statement (a conscientiously different document than previ- this development; Newsw eek had a propaganda? rience the effects of global warming, way can 1 rum out a column in the ous honor codes) does not include mandated reporting, penalties or any real very similar cover over the summer. Ethanol , an alternative fuel produced not just the US. The only way to real- time that my old high school buddy, change in College policy. It is merely designed to get the most students to On Feb. 3, the New York Times, along from carbon-based feedstock, is another ly end this downward spiral is to Jim King, could do it. Jim—now Dr. sign it It sacrifices credibility for popularity by removing any teeth its pre- with a huge portion of the media, way for America to balance its over-pro- change the way we think about our King—can blaze all kinds of trails on decessors had. devoted a front-page spot to the duction of cheap com (a benefit of gen- oil-powered lifestyles, and then the the keyboard. He even edits the state release of the Intergovernmental erous subsidies), while also providing way we respond. newspaper for his profession—and he The statement goes into effect when an arbitrary number of students Panel on Climate Change 's report fuel. However, as Michael Pollan dis- refuses to split infinitives. choose to sign it, yet there is literally no difference between campus life declaring that global warming is But I'd even do my column in the before and after its ratification. You will never be held responsible for sign- "imenuivocal" : more recently, the required (slow) time IF MY ing it, you will never be punished for violations any differently than before Times ran a story about the growing DAMNED COMPUTER WOULD and you will not be treated differently by faculty either way. The only per- popularity of eco-friendly weddings WORK. I come in, turn the damn ceivable difference will be that Admissions will be able to tell prospective All of this is great, of course. We students that the College has a student initiated honor statement when asked can never fix the problem of global about an honor code. We should not let outside perceptions of our College warming until everyone's aware of it, Then the drive its policies or dictate our student government's agenda. Instead, the until everyone understands the reason- SGA should be driven by real concerns from current students. ing behind the severity of the issue. damned little But I'm not convinced that this F i&^B5j IjhBbCL B^fi^s We are not trying to tell anyone whether or not to vote for this document— "greening of America" is for the right * box denies that I that is for the individual to decide. We merely aim to provide students with reasons. m k^ntt'l™ ! exist , really, that another voice on the issue as members of the student government seek your I' m troubled the most by the link- L - 1 EXIST... signature in the coming weeks and months. Furthermore, it is our strong belief age of global warming with depen- J 7flj^ , dence on foreign oil sources. Yes ! ¦ that the average Colby student lives by an internal honor code that applies to , r£23!3H"' ;• ' -" ': " W'i ' l / '& ' ' all areas of life, and does not need a piece of paper to reaffirm this belief. many of the world's primary oil pro- ^ thing on, and sit back and wait f or it ducing countries are volatile, politi- WWW NEWSTBlBUNE COM to tell me that it won't work. That The effort the SGA has brought to this idea has been impressive. We sug- cally unstable, or unfriendly towards A sign in Missouri highlights international tensions in oil independence. happens almost every time 1 sit down gest that they take that energy and organization and attack some important to do anything—send my daughter an campus issues where there is real student need. email, send Dr. King an email, worst yety send this column to Suzanne Actually I prefer Dave: Initiating real Merkelson, my Echo editor. I'm pray- ing that I can finish before the com- puter shuts me down. conversations with America 's homeless 1 even have a buddy in ITS at Colby JOKAS' fffiV. "Affordable" is actually not that There is more than one homeless who comes out to my house ("It's a affordable, however, when the gov- guest with a Masters degree (no exag- small college, but we love it") to try to ernment takes the median income for geration) at the shelters in Manhattan. fix the damned thing. He does, and it the baseline and the monthly rent In fact, a formerly displaced person lasts—the fix , that is—maybe 23 min- SPECIALS Jfm becomes close to 5800 a month. On a once met an acquaintance at a utes. Then the damned little box that minimum wage job an employee can Manhattan homeless shelter who was denies that I exist, really, that I EXIST, make 520,000 a year, depending on expecting his PhD. Additionally, on comes up on the screen, and I can't By ZACH HAAS the region. Statistics have proven. the topic of shelters, there are four to send anyone anything. We just received a large shipment of CONTRIBUTING WRITER six times as many animal shelters as Now probably you will claim that distributor close-out wines! What can I say about hunger and there arc homeless shelters. any average 12 year old could deal homelcssness that has not already "Hey, you're the Displacement can happen to anyone with my damned computer, making it been said before? Yes, it is perpetuat- at anytime. If a child is expected and a hum like a honeybee in the fields of ed by a lack of affordable housing. homeless father falls ill, rent may go unpaid for flowers in Maine. The kid wouldn't Riumte in 750 ml $2.99 each True, poor access to education exacer- guy!"....we lose a six weeks, at which point a family may be fazed by boxes of nonexistence; , bates the issue. Also, we have enough be evicted. Young families only have so he'd push lots of keys and get it back Blackberry Merlot food to feed every American, but the much bigger bat- many savings and certain cities (in the to normal within minutes. Seconds Peach Chardonnay proper distribution is the biggest road- tle if we go to Midwest for example) have very little even. Boys and girls can do that in block. This is what you know. sympathy for "vagabonds". In some 2007. They could years ago. and Strawberry Now let 's talk about what some of bed at night states it is actually illegal to have no But I can't work the damned thing. you may not know. I had the honor of without thinking, home and no job. And neither can the hotshot from White Merlot being able to attend the East Coast So who is Dave? Dave is a former- ITS. He can for a while, but not for a Student Conference on Hunger and "Dammit , what ly homeless man who has experienced column's worth. So I sit in front of Homelessness with a group of six can I do?" the whole process. After giving an the computer screen and PRAY. We now have Twisted Tea Light! other Colby students in Boston. This informative talk on his journey at the Seriously, I pray that it 'll last until I is what we have learned. First, I sug- conference, a student recognized him get done with my column, knowing Thurs. &£&}%%&§& Open Sun -Wed. until 9 p.m., gest that you all check out "bum later in a pizza joint and exclaimed, that it 'll wait until I'm ALMOST ijJEgf-SS ( o until now10 p.m., theFri. & Sat. until midnight fights" on yourube.com to witness however, that to raise a family of four "Hey, you're the homeless guy!" To done, then make the box of nonexis- have largest ffiSHSp^^p We and selection of domestic what some America considers to be with a very modest lifestyle, the sug- the student 's embarrassment he tence wipe the column out. i^* beers _JgLEag^ r Import in Central Maine comedy today. After you watch a cou- gested annual income is $61 ,000. On responded, "Actually I prefer Dave." I'm going to quit now. The nonex- ple clips, get nauseated and vomit, top of that, one out of every four With a stable home or without, he was istence box hasn't appeared yet. I'm contemplate what it means to have the homeless people is a child. always Dave. We lose battles every- going to hope that Suzanne will get mS$> 873-6228 entire DVD sold in chain stores like The stereotype persists that home- day against hunger and homelessness, this column now. I'm even going to rJ ._jg a jOKAS' DISCOUNT BEVERAGES Barnes & Noble and Borders less people are lazy and should get a but we lose a much bigger battle if we try to send a copy to Dr. King. 52 From St.. Waterville, ME "Affordable" housing is supposed job. After all . with an education your go to bed at night without thinking, But I'm not very confident. !H*IC3i la to be set at 30% of a family's income. opportunities are limitless! Wrong. "Dammit, what can I do?" Nonexistence looms.

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"The Anna Nicole Smith Memorial Fund." "Non-denominational religious tolerance." "What would Uncle Jesse do?" "World peace." —Liz Doran (19 and Carley Million '09 —Margosia Jadkowski 'JO — Miriam Trotscha '07 —Casey Sullivan '10 ==, Don't let study abroad policiesstifle your creativity Alternativehealing and medicines:Why I'm a believer radicall y foreign culture. As I interests! OCS tried as hard as they tution which prides itself so highly deadly sore throat, a few Oreganol worked with Danna Lee in the could to stifle my creative plans and on encouraging students to seek and drops later there was no trace of it. Office of Off-Campus Study (OCS), send me on a Colby approved program, pursue academic passions, challeng- 1 have also changed the kind of multi- it became clear to me that none of thus displaying complete disregard for ing students to think with broader vitamin that I take since even the once- the programs we reviewed would my personal interest. I had a craving to mindsets, breaking the mold for trusted Centrums and One a Days are have given me the opportunity to challenge myself in new ways in an standard education , and "reaching replete with unnecessary chemicals. I study music as intensively as I environment as foreign as possible, and the world ," might at least have seen now take one called Vegetarian Support; By AVI DAVID would have liked. I began to do unfortunately, I had to break free from the value in the deeply educational By CAROLINA SICARD though I am not a vegetarian, this sup- CONTRIBUTING WRITER CONTRIBUTING WRITER some research of my own. With the the college's reign in order to fulfill this experience that I just had. plement gets my vote because it is nat- help of a Colby professor with some desire. I now have to graduate a semes- ural and preservative free. I also take a My name is Avi David and I am a incredible connections, I got in ter after my Ever since my step-dad's slight inter- calcium supplement called Calcium ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ junior at Colby. I took a leave of touch with seven of the most bril- class; I do not est in alternative medicine became an all- Magnesium Citrate, a white liquid of absence this fall semester to live in liant sitarists in India. After nine for a second, consuming obsession, I have been well which I take a tablespoon every morn- New Delhi, India and intensively grueling months of correspondence however , on my way to acquiring one of my ing. Many calcium supplement tablets study the sitar and Indian classical with various musicians, virtuoso regret my owi—just ask my roommates. They 'll upset your digestive track or don 't get music with world-renowned sitarist sitarist Shubbendra Rao offered to decision to laughingly tell you that I ingest things sufficiently absorbed; in this liquid Shubbendra Rao. The last five take me on as a student. On my take a leave of with names like Spirulina, Calcium form, the components are preacidified, months of my life have been some of request, he helped me find .1 iocal absence. Magnesium Citrate, and Oreganol P73 easily assimilated and absorbed. It is the most painfully challenging, phys- family with whom I could live in Colby is a The rationale is simple: more often than dairy, wheat, and gluten free , all in a ically agonizing, heart-wrench ingly New Delhi, and a school where I wonderful not, we wait for a condition to surface delicious blueberry flavor eye opening ana spiri- could study college and I before seeking treatment, ending up at I have also recently tried some proce- tuall y rewarding of my the Hindi am truly the mercy of prescnption drugs. We then dures in alternative healing. On three life. The sitar is an language. grateful for must battle their side effects which can be occasions, I used what is called the extremely painful I had a craving to When I the education anything from slight headaches and nau- VIBE Machine. Negative frequencies instrument to learn and challenge myself presented that we sea to organ failure and oh, you know, around us lower the vibration and fre- New Delhi is an excep- this informa- receive here. death. Given all of this, natural, preven- quency of our cells, but by sitting in tionally chaotic, over- in new ways and tion to OCS I absolutely tive medicine makes more sense to me front of this machine for four minutes a whelming, shocking, in an environment last year, understand The first product to which I now day, its electromagnetic field raises the and confusing city. I they abruptly OCS's need claim strict and unyielding allegiance is vibrational levels of your body to where have never struggled so as foreign as pos- rejected my to have high Spirulina, this alga has been tested for they were meant to be. By removing hard to exist, nor stud- sible, and unfortu- proposal. I standards over 30 years and confirmed as highl y toxins, your immune system is free to be ied with the same burn- tried to under which beneficial. It is the world's highest beta stronger and fight off disease. The VIBE ing tenacity in my life. nately, I had to explain to n o n - carotene food, rich in nutrients to keep Machine is incredibly useful for those Over the course of my break free from them that approved up your body's defense; it is also 60 suffering from diabetes, arthritis, semester, I made a studying study abroad percent vegetable protein and high in depression and even leukemia; my 23- home for myself in this the college's reign sitar with programs iron. Fighting depression, increasing year-old stepsister, recently diagnosed distinctly foreign envi- in order to fulfill Shubbendra must fall, but muscle mass and accelerating weight with leukemia, has started to use it and ronment and fell in Rao would their inabili- loss efforts are also some of its won- the results thus far have been truly love with a new music, this desire. be like ty to see ders. My immune system has been remarkable. I also had an hour-long ses- culture, people, and stud y ing beyond the much stronger since I've been taking sion with a Reiki master Reiki is a food. As a music major with a crav- saxophone with John Coltrane, gui- set policy Spirulina; in addition, it propelled my Japanese technique for stress reduction ing to travel and a desire to develop a tar with Eric Clapton or piano with disappointed weight loss tremendously by improving and relaxation. It is based on the idea deep understanding of people and the Beethoven. OCS wouldn't hear me me greatly. It digestion. Spirulina can be taken by pill that if one's "life force energy" is low, world, I couldn't have had a more out and they certainly wouldn 't seems to me SUZANNE MWKELSON/ IME COLBY ECHO or powder, I don 't mind thick, green then we are more likely to get sick or Avi David plays his sitar during JanPlan, after taking a fulfilling and academically meaning- budge in their decision, despite the that an insti- powder mixed in my juice, but if you feel stress As the master sneaks to you non-Colby credited semester to learn the instrument. ful experience. profound efforts of several profes- find this disp leasing, go for the pill. throughout the session, she/he teaches Colby refused to grant me credit sors of mine who advocated on my On the occasion that a virus defeats you how to read your own body; you for this semester abroad since my behalf. They simply would not see my Spirulina defense wall, I take a leave feeling spiritually cleansed after "program" was not affiliated with an beyond Colby 's written policy. couple of drops of Oreganol P73 right releasing so much negative energy. American or well-established inter- Danna Lee recommended that I away. This little guy is the most pow- The world of alternative healing is national university. study abroad in Salamanca and then erful natural germ killer available: it is growing as people look for ways to I spent my sophomore year go to India after college. www.colbyecho.com made from wild , handpicked . avoid polluting their bodies with searching for a study abroad pro- I am writing to inspire you all to fol- Mediterranean oregano. Althoug h chemicals. After doing your own gram in which I could pursue my low your passions and aspirations. your mouth spices up for a moment , research on these products, if you are deepest academic passion of music Don't let Colby's policies hold you symptoms of that imminent cold fall interested, they can all be found on while fully immersing myself in a back from pursuing your academic to their knees in no time. After last iherb.com at very good prices; there's semester 's finals , I ended up with a no excuse—go and be healthy ! Looking ahead: '08 pres- idential primary process Local Celebrity Chef

of strong interest in each of the top three candidates by many religious right groups has troubled the Republican establishment. As the ' s most important voting bloc of the Freedom Cafe Republican primary season (especial- By CHRIS APPEL ly in the South and Midwest), "val- Janice Swinton CONTRIBUTING WRITER ues" voters will strongly dictate the outcome of the primaries. McCain, With over 600 days to go before the who had openly criticized the leaders 2008 presidential election, all the major of the religious right in 2000, has At Roberts Dining Hall candidates (save the possibility of Al courted their groups recently. ¦ Gore and to a lesser extent Newt Additionally, Giuliani and Romney ¦ 21st Gingrich) have thrown their hats into have deemphasized their past liberal on Feb. from 5 - 7 pm the most wide-open presidential elec- social policy stances in order to tion in recent history. What's striking appear more amenable to social con- isn't the raw ambition from members of servatives. The problem for all three both parties; it is how early the race has candidates is the expectation that they begun. With each major candidate follow the party line on social issues attempting to gain media attention for their whole careers, not just this through fancy internet webpages and campaign. The bar to be vetted by their major announcement address, the social conservative voters and leaders campaign for President (which truth ful- is exceedingly high, and all three can- ly began in earnest didates wilJ not after the 2004 elec- likely be able to tion) has finally As the Iraq War convince them of arrived for the public. their worthiness and The major has begun to commitment to Democratic con- splinter their two chief tenders have causes: criminaliz- unveiled their Republicans... ing abortion and respective cam- the conservative banning gay mar- paigns over the past riage. month. Former coalition is At this juncture Senator and vice- increasingly in in the process, presidential candi- Democratic date John Edwards tatters. prospects are was first to announce strong. As the Iraq Janice is the owner of the Freedom cafe in Waterville. A native in a speech from War has begun to New Orleans. His populist theme was splinter Republicans (with Democrats Mississippi evident in the geographical choice of unified in opposition to the president 's of Washington D.C., Janice was raised in and lived in his address. In the past two weeks, escalation), the conservative coalition Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator is increasingly in tatters. If Iraq is still Kxmsos City before moving to Maine. Barack Obama have both announced mired in a civil war in 2008, a strong that they have formed presidential anti-war Democrat will have the clear She has studied Black History, particularly slave history. She is exploratory committees. Initiating an upper-hand, especially over a hawk exploratory committee is the first step like McCain (who publicly supports a published author and has served as a foreign missionary. Her to formally announce that one is run- the troop escalation). ning for President. The other main story of the election , The Republicans have received less is how the Republicans will use the restaurant features Creole Soul and Southern Cuisine and press, mainly due to the slightly-lower current President. How much will star power of their main three candi- they be able to embrace of his admin- features Dinner Thursday through Saturday from 5-9 pm. dates: Senator John McCain, former istration without hurting themselves Mayor of New York City Rudy politically? Giuliani, and former Governor Mitt What 's clear is the openness of the Romney. At this stage, the former two race combined with the early start to the are generally considered the two most process will lead to a fascinating politi- serious candidates. However, the lack cal context over the next two years. this week Looking ahead: Verma to Pnuma Trio gets cold f eet moving FRIDAY FEB. 16 I - Vagina Monologues 8 p.m. bring India to the chapel By BEN BERTSTEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER Page Common Room • The FantasrJcks By BEN HUGHES stnngs (more than twenty) contributes 7:30 pjn. STAFF WRITER to the uniquely rich and dense sound When I first heard that the Pnuma Waterville Opera House quality of Hindustani melodies. The Tno was coming to Colby, I didn't percussion will be. provided by the know what to think.'I hadn't heard SATURDAY FEB. 17 If you are interested in exploring labia, which consists of two drums, their material, but knew they fit into • An Evening of North Indian f oreign culture through music, go to one for each hand, played with the fin- that gargantuan mass of jam culture- Made the concert at the Lonmer Chapel on gers and palms. A distinct sound of the one I had never been an avid fan of. 7:30 pjn. Saturday Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m The tabla comes from adjusting the ten- Working" the show for the Concert Lonmer Chapel College's new artist-in-residence is sion on the drum head lo change the and Live Music Committee, I figured • The Fantastick, Aditya Verma. a renowned musician pitch of the instrument. I might as well go in with an open 7:30 p.m- of the North Indian classical tradition. The Hindustani musical tradition mind, seeing as I was going to be Waterville Opera House From 1987 through 1 999, Aditya is rich , in its sonic beauty as well as there all night. studied Hindustani music (North- in its role as an ancient cultural rite, What I got was more than a pleas- MONDAY FEB. 19 Indian -classical music) in Delhi and passed down aurally through cen- ant surprise, although perhaps I

• Black History Film Festival Calcutta. India , with the legendary turies. For each Hindustani compo- should have expected it when CLM MOU7 WAF-.iU'l. IHE ten. Br ECHO -The Piano Lesson* sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar and sition the melodic instrument plays chair Ben Green had asked us to The Pnuma Trio performed with lights and high energy heats last Friday. 7:00 p.m. sarod master Ustad Aashish Khan. in a specific raga, similar to a remind our friends that the band Lovejoy 215 This semester Aditya will share with Western scale. Each raga evokes a "strong l y encouraged videotaping us the sounds and ways of Hindustani particular mood or sentiment , from and flash photography." Upon loading drummer Lane Shaw. The band Fiasco. I suppose that in a few years TUESDAY, FEB. 20 music and Indian culture Aditya will romance to humor, to anger, to fear, the band in , 1 was instantly struck by engaged the crowd in high energy, people who missed the show will at • Visiting Writer: Michael be teaching a class called "North to peace. Unlike western classical their attitudes. They were ecstatic with electronic breakbeats laced with least be able to say that the Pnuma Trio Burke. Edwin Kenney Indian classical music," where he will music, most of Hindustani music is the amount of food we provided foi touches of grime and improvisation. did indeed play at their school, even if Memorial try lo adapt students' Western ears to improvised, allowing the creative them, and told us how happy they Botwin 's subtle bass meshed nicely they were just in their rooms drinking 7 p.m. the theory and practice of an Eastern imagination of the performer to were to be up in Maine. 1 had an inter- with Shaw's infallible drumming, and at the time. Miller Library/ Robinson musical tradition so different from the guide the music. However, while esting conversation with Alex Botwin was topped off by Hazelgrove's syn- In any case, Colby was lucky to classical music they arc familiar with. much of the music seems free and on the way to Rite Aid (they needed thetic onslaughts. As the crowd grew, have the band stop by when it did. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 21 He has performed for thousands all spontaneous, there is an underlying battencs) about music and touring. so did the energy, and not even They're now in Colorado and about to • Lecture by Kevin Spitfire. over the world, from the U.S. to structure that forms the basis for Without even hearing any of my halfway through their two hour set, the drop a new album (which Botwin Poet Laureate of Belfast Canada to Europe to Asia, so do not each composition which trained lis- music, he put his number in my phone entire room was dancing. almost lost at the Bangor airport), and 4 p.m. miss out on a chance to hear world- teners can identify instantly. and told me to call him about playing I recognize that being on CLM seems to only be going up. The band is 151 Pugh Center Commons renowned musicians in such an inti- So now that you know a very small some shows together. makes me biased, and while uV mom a playing a plethora of music festivals mate concert setting. amount about a musical practice that This attitude projected nicely in was far from empty, it was simply a this summer, getting more national In terms of performing forces, the has been studied by millions of peo- front of a brave crowd on a frigid shame that more Colby students didn 't attention, and continuing to work on classical Indian concert calls for a ple for thousands of years, come hear night. Botwin opened the concert by go the show. I base this not only on my their sound. So if I may pat my own melodic instrument , a percussion Aditya Verma and friends play live spinning a few laid back beats, and experience, but also the fact that my committee on the back, consider it pat- instrument, and a drone (a constant Hindustani music in the chapel This was soon joined by his two bandmates, friends who went to the show told me ted-the Pnuma Trio is one group I'll be ¦-¦ "L " : *"" :; i:.:;,.,,;. '^- .- ;- :' - ' sounding of a few tones which pro- is a great opportunity to take advan- keyboardist Ben Hazelgrove and they enjoyed it even more than Lupc keeping my eye out for in the future. vides the harmonic foundation for a tage of the Colby experience and hear Here's What's Playing Fri. Feb. composition). For the concert on music from the other side of the 16 through Thurs. Feb. 22 Saturday. Aditya will be playing a world That being said, at 7:30pm on melodic instrument called the sarod. Saturday Feb. 17, leave your comfort With ongins dating back to 1 st centu- zone, come to the chapel and hear CD Review , the sarod is a fretiess stringed bnlliant musicians take your mind to VENUS ry Asia instrument related to the sitar and the wonderful and far away places with f oe R Daily at 1:20.3:20.5:20 . 7:20. Menomena 's new album more f riend than North Indian Classical music. and 9:20 guitar The sarod's abundance of

By KEANE NG CONTRIBUTING WRITER LETTERS FROM 1WO JIMA R Daily at 2:153:10. and 7:55 Menomena's songs arc like the spaghetti sauce that you never wanted to your mom to make, the kind with that eerie quality of being NOTES ON A SCANDAL made up of "everything under the R Daily at 2:50 and 7:10 kitchen sink." Ever had spaghetti sauce like that, where one minute you'll be tasting tomatoes and basil and in the next bite you'll find a PAN'S LABYRINTH piece of celery that you swore you R Daily at 12:30.4:50, and 9:10 threw out of the fridge last week? Menomena write their songs the same way, throwing in everything FANFAN LA TUUPE from under the musical kitchen sink without premeditation. The band Unrated, Sat and Sun at 10:00 uses a homemade computer pro- a.m. gram called Deeler that loops improvised instrumental riffs on top Menomena of which the band lays down what- Friend & Foe PHOTO COUrTUST or 5TIPM£N NUSS Aditya Verma plays the sarod. a melodic instrument with over twenty ever they see fit , be it, as drummer Barsuk Records strings Don 't miss his concert Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Lorimer Chapel. Danny Seim has explained, "some bass, piano, guitar, bells, sax, or opener "Muscle'n Flo," when the moments like this, where the inten- whatever other sort of noisemakcr song transforms from being a mani- sity and dynamism of the band happens to be in the room." What festo of youthful energy to a hym- moves their songs in unexpected results from this songwriting nal confession of love, a sudden directions that are musically sur- process, however, is undeniabl y transition punctuated by the sudden prising but still familiar and capti- BOSTON UNIVERSITY kinder to your cars than that vating. Admittedly, not every song "spaghetti sauce" ever was to your on the album achieves such highs, SUMMER STUDY taste buds. and building an album on On Friend & Foe, bits and pieces The momentum "moments" is like making a sports of music and textures enter and exit, team out of a few all-stars, but INTERNSHIP PROGRAM weave and interact with each other of the song dri- though not every song is exception- like strangers bustling through a ves everything al , most are memorable and repeat busy intersection. "Wet and listens reveal the depth of every Rusting" begins with a quiet and together with song's construction. snidely sorrowftll line, "I made yon Menomena dubs itsel f as an YOU CHOOSE *te ana C" 1""5 a prcscnt/you never expected." beauty and experimental indie rock outfit , but TWO COURSES ,N: tZ ^^ ST Electronic blips are barely audible determination. for all these self-labeled qualities, Grapnc Desgn era Mass Comrnuncanori in the background, a few strums on the band seems to be unconscious- TORH internaticna! Stijaes an acoustic guitar pop in but leave ly striving toward conventionality. 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The band's abili- Satisfaction ty to balance their experimental fi B^C^a*. tendencies with universal emo- Guaranteed kaP^^Wfil^^^r tions and transcendent melodies ^ E make Friend & Foe an album DAVID MATHIEU CO. that is simultaneously adventur- AUTO BODY ous and familiar, inventive and e .t„t,M«t*~d >utoo s,._ w.l^vUW, oJKSi. accessible. 2a B I ™ 872-SS1 8 "" -• Poet writes of social injustice and love I Jan Plan jazz improv concert impresses "Unforgettable and a fun, soulful the solos were great, the tnos and con- By JENNIFER COX rendition of "Watermelon Man." versations between the instruments By CHARLOTTE JOBRACK A&E EDITOR They felt the music, and it could be reall y made the music come alive. CONTRIBUTING WRITER seen in their eyes that they felt a con- The third group was one of the Red-cheeked students with puffy nection with each other. This proved most hypnotizing of the night, and Ross Gay entered the packed vests and home-knitted scarves to be true of each of the bands that they immediately came alive with an Robinson room of Miller library, poured into Given Auditorium last would take the stage. It was thrilling allunng sound and jazzy vocals. They squeezing between Colby stu- Friday to escape the blustery, fri gic to sec what they had created alone, began by singing "Black Coffee ," and dents and faculty behind Arthur night. Despite the intensity of the but even more intriguing to see what then launched into their version of the Jeremiah Roberts Professor of chilling winds, it wasn't until the they had been able to create together. Beatles' "Yesterday," which was as English Literature Ira Sadoff, bands took the stage that the crowc lovable as the original. The tone was who introduced the poet. As he was thoroughly blown away. This was perfect and the instrumentalists were stepped up to the podium, clad in the final test of the Jazz Improv Jan flawless The band mixed beautifully, a green t-shirt with a hair pick Plan class, a group of students whe The concert, a bouncing chords and notes off each that spelled "beautiful" in the pushed themselves for twenty days tc lively, fine- other so skillfully that it was teeth , the poet reminded the hone their instrumental and vocal appalling. This group was hooking College community that "it's cold skills under the guidance of Eric tuned, moving and tantalizing, and the energy in the outside." He began his reading by Thomas, director of the jazz and wine affair was a tes- room was intoxicating. saying, "most of my poems are ensembles. The students worked hare "Us," the next group to perform, based in a kind of truth, they stem to arrange music, form bands anc tament to the brought yet another wave of refresh- from personal experiences, and become comfortable in the deep world exceptional lev- ing tunes. Their sound was upbeat often a concern for justice." He of jazz improvisation In addition tc els of musician- and bluesy, and people began tapping said that since it was black histo- Poet Ross Gay sharing his work with students in the Robinson Room. class time and the time spent on the their feet on the floor and bobbing ry month, he would also read a group projects, the musicians prac- their heads even harder than they Charismatic and profound. Gay was well received by the Colby audience . ship [the few poems on that topic. The ticed "until their lips bled." Their hare already had been. The timing within poems ' subject matter ranged work was not in vain. The concert, s students] were songs such as "Ernestine ," and from Gay's African American friend' s as "Poem Beginning With a Line applause until the reader has com- lively, fine-tuned , moving affair was i able to achieve. "Solitude," was perfect and their final white girlfriend , who insisted that her Overheard in the Gym," made the pletely finished. The poet called us testament to the exceptional levels ol tune, "Chameleon," was strong, boyfriend just wasn't 'black' enough, poet laugh, and he read this poem "the quietest audience ever," but musicianship they were able to reach hearty, and built itself into one of the to Gay being mistaken for other black twice to emphasize the iambic ridicu- Sadoff said that we just had "good in only a few short weeks. smoothest pieces of the ni ght. The poets, to a brutal drunken street fight lousness of overhearing such a thing manners." If he was in a bar, the poet "The Leftovers" were the first The second group to perform called guitars were stimulating, and the which "is not a joke." while doing "dumb work on the joked that the audience would proba- group to take the stage, and the) themselves, "Some dudes and the drums steady, producing a lightning In "Broken Mania" the speaker bench press." bly say something stupid like "nice began the night with a reggae versior girl's got pipes." Though the guys in and thunder effect that was strength- encounters a girlfriend-abusing For the most part, Gay's poems are shirt." Though the audience was of the classic "Fever." A mandolin the band were certainly not "some ened by the smooth saxophone. drunk, and begins to beat him while definitely not lighthearted, in spite of indeed reserved, it did not mean it the piano, a flute, drums, saxophones dudes," by musical standards, the sec- The final group of the evening was the drunken man's girlfriend "clutch- the poet's charismatic presentation. A was less enthusiastic. After his per- a trombone, and smoky, powerful ond half of their moniker most defi- a band that was strong, skilled and the es my arm, wide-eyed and sad, not self-described "windbag," who writes formance, only praise could be heard. vocals were the layers that formed a nitely held up and blew away perfect closer for the night. Their sure for whom she roots, but she for content rather than sound or This was one of the best readings cool, calm, and comfortable band expectations. The sound was groovy sound was slightl y deeper than that of knows her duty, where she sleeps." In music, many of the poems deal with I've attended at Colby. The poems The guitar was sassy. The saxophones and electrical, and the group featured the other groups because they fea- this poem, as in many others by Gay, social wrongs and his personal long- were intense, immensely compelling, were smooth. The piano jarred allur- a rich, deep cello that gave the music tured the only male singer The gui- the speaker finds himself conflicted ing to make them right despite not and Gay was warmly charismatic. He ingly. Every instrument seemed tc a cozy sound. With songs that had tars rocked and truly rolled , the between a call to violence and his having any means of knowing how to was able to switch from suspense to blend together perfectly, and each lyrics such as, "You don 't know what trumpet was soothing and dreamy and passive morality, "wearing bear slip- do so. He does not give the reader cool conversation and back through- solo showed how skilled they had love is," the group dove into the the drums were solid. The set featured pers, big, furry, with soft claws." The answers, but rather illuminates their out the reading, which made for a become in the art of improvisation depths of love and jazz. They pumped some of the best solos of the concert , poet said that his "general thought questions in long energetic sentences thoroughly enjoyable experience This group played two more tunes, a out tunes that were silky, slightly and the group had a sound that was about brutality and violence is that that wrap around the reader alluringly. which I am happy to say was well romantic and moving version ol poppy, and tangibly warm. Though exact, exciting, and ripping Thomas, it 's stupid," and rather than romanti- For example, "Two Bikers Embrace attended by the Colby community. who had been watching from a cizing it , he tries to show that it 's on Broad Street" is about 33 lines, Even though the time ran over, not piano bench finall y joined the wrong. His main objective, he says, is only one sentence, and as Assistant one audience member left before the crew on the saxophone. The to make us not do that. This sentiment Professor of Creative Writing Adrian poet had finished his question and result: a heart-stopping sound that is represented in "Bringing the Blevins pointed out, rings with music. answer segment, which I've noticed left the room breathless. It was Shovel Down," which details a boy's As he writes a poem he says it out at many of the other readings I've easy to sec why the students had experience of sneaking out of a sleep- loud, and imagines a crowd hearing it. attended. Though the audience was learned so much so quickl y as he ing house, bringing a dog treats, and The last reading Gay gave, he said, silent during the reading the applause created melodies and sounds that then killing the dog with a shovel. was in a bar full of people who yelled they held until the end showed they were almost unbelievable. His sax Intermingled with the darker-toned out comments the whole time to the loved every word the poet spoke. To conversed with the trumpet, spun poems of violence and truth, lighter casual poet, which greatly contrasted hear more of Gay go to www.fish- notes and slid through scales with poems with first lines like "I'd drive with this Colby audience who has housepoems.org, and buy his recently ease. The students jammed along a thousand miles to suck the dick of been trained to sit quietly in the released book "Against Which " with him with respect and adora- Ihe man who fucked her once," such library and politely hold their tion for him in their eyes, and in the final moments of the concert, the importance and magic of the musical connection was perfectly displayed. Somehow, the walk home from the concert was a lot MOLLY WARREN/THE COLBY ECHC1 less frigid than the stroll over as Beer Review: Members of the Jazz improv Jan Plan class performing in Given Auditorium Pirates test the motion in the ocean the heat of the music lingered on.

"Show me your cargo," Aidwen kept hitherto impressive-albeit unevenly By GEOFF MELDAHL repeating, expressing, in the best ballasted-data began to sink. "I can't Movie Review: "Apocalypto " CONTRIBUTING WRITER way he knew, the lengths to which hold it!" he cried, reiterating one of he had gone-and to which he was yet the stipulations of our experiment. Names have been changed to pro- willing to go-in the name of Science. The last bottle of ale had evidently By JENNIFER COX tect the guilty. We are scientists, Moss, with the most motor-skill to rotted through his hull. Taking on A&E EDITOR opponents of ignorance and misap- spare, ignited "Pirates," and the bat- water. Bits started the pumps, then prehension everywhere. This year, tle against mystery was joined. retired to his cabin. Moss then com- Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto" was our particular opponent has been the Unfortunately, the motion of the mandeered the head for a cold show- supposed to bomb. Violent , myths surrounding the effects of ocean proved too much for me, my er, pleased to believe that we had allegedly pretentious , and sub- alcohol on one's performance in the chest brimming, as it was, with gold straightened out the situation. No titled, many wrote this film off as a amorous arts. Once again, we were tequila. A wave of nausea cast me more the besotted Lysanders of the star's showy project not worth giv- roused to duty. Previous research in onto the lonely shores of uncon- world need disappoint apparently ing a serious look. And then , of this field confirmed that alcohol does sciousness. My concerned collabo- fair Cloris. We know "what envious course, there was Gibson 's drunken incline a man to indiscriminate pas- rators confirmed that my sail had gods conspire / To snatch his power, rant. For a while, many questioned sion; however, the notion that such never been hoisted. First results: yet leave him the desire!" whether or not Disney would dare increase in desire accompanies a Tequila unrise. In nomine Scientia, we arc pleased to release the movie after such a decreased ability to physically real- The three remaining scientists to deliver this impo'tant message to scandal. Indeed, it was released, ize that desire continues to vex the sailed on. After ten minutes or so, the public: many problems may arise and indeed, it is deserving of a interested public. No more. Our results began to appear. "Twenty from drinking to excess, but man's very serious look. "Apocalypto" elite team, John Aidwen, Kenneth percent!" Aidwen called. Bits voiced greatest problem wilt not. We've proves that Gibson is an exception- Bits, Craydon Moss, and I, Murphy similar findings. Moss, the control, worked hard, coaxed out some good al, unique director. He creates a Geldall , would strike through to the was a bit higher. As the Caribbean data, and weathered some savage world that is both foreign and bed rock of truth. adventure heated up, and blood seas. Truth is worth any sacrifice, but astonishingly real. It is an adrena- The stunning scenery, costumes, and natural landscape made "Apocalypto " Only Aidwen was confident he flowed throughout those southern we shall be pleased never to sail these line fueled, gruesome odyssey set one of the most aesthetically beautiful movies of the year. could procure an admissible field latitudes, the numbers in the dying 15th century Mayan test, so we decided on a lab test. began to climb like culture. Shot in Mexico, this film is After reaching the outer realms of lookouts on a giant even more aesthetically stimulating The violence in this scene initially yes, but it 's more than just shocking intoxication, we would reconvene at three-masted Spanish than it is intellectually invigorating. had mc covering my eyes, gritting violence or intense action sequences. the lab with "Pirates": low art with a galleon. "Seventy per- On the big screen, it seemed as my teeth and cursing my boyfriend "Apocalypto" is simultaneousl y the high budget—the highest, in fact, in cent!" Moss though you were in the jungle feel- for bringing me to the theatre. When story of dying cultures and doomed industry history. Discreetly, as befits announced. "I'm the ing the torrential rains and watching it was over, however, I realized this societies. It 's easy to parallel the gentlemen, we would then place lab best pirate hunter in the trees come alive with battles and was probably the effect Gibson was Mayans to present day Americans. coats over our laps and measure our the world," Bits epic chases. At times, actuall y, it was going for. It felt terrifyingl y real. We are cultured and civilized, responsiveness to the provocative opined, and by ail too real for comfort. Strangely, that The adventure that follows pri- strong, impressive, and intelli gent, performances on the high seas. accounts looked it, rat- is perhaps what I enjoyed the most. marily involves Jaguar Paw (Rudy yet we are still essentially engaging Aidwen would test whiskey, Bits tling his saber against The movie opens with scenes Youngblood), a courageous Mayan in human sacrifice and self-injury would test beer, I, tequila, and Moss its sheath. But not all which bring the tribe to life with youth who is trying to save himself We are ruining our environment, would be the control, remaining was well on the ensan- characters to whom we can relate. and his village. He is the son of the relationships , and lives. Gibson 's sober in the name of science. Virile guined tide. Admiral They play fully hunt together, tease chief, the next in line man who movies are never solely cinematic as we are, we knew we would need Aidwen was forced to each other, and build fires to keep would make Bravehcart proud. After Gibson has truly made a provoca- to approach our bodies' capacity to court-marshall his their village alive. Thy have family hiding his pregnant wife and son in a tive and scarring beauty. It is absorb- see any real results. Thus, we erected boatswain for failing problems , sexual insecurities and a cave. Jaguar Paw is whisked away to ing, disturbing, and intensel y video recording equipment to cap- to salute. The HMS delicate social dynamic. They live in face snakes, spears, warriors and memorable. It is breathtaking to ture any data our impaired minds Whiskey s' sails went a mystical , natural world built large- tribal leaders that arc just dying to watch a jaguar in full stride, the vast PHOTO COURTESY Of QEOFF MEUWHt y on tradition and routine, but this is ri his heart out. "Apocalypto" is expansion of the rain forests, and the might not retain. The equipment pre- slack and returned to Pirates help scientists discover natural truths. l p pared, we sallied out with our port, crestfallen. destroyed when the village is brutal- essentially his journey to avenge grace of the human body. Gibson 's beakers brimming, the spirit of sci- Results: Hard liquor is l y attacked by a rival tribe. The gris- those who have offended his tribe character may be in question, but it 's ence warming our insides. jealous of its title. straits again. For my own part, I ly images that unfold during the and to escape the fate of an early absolute that he is a respectable film- The designated three hours later, Bits and Moss carried on the fight awoke in the wee hours, prone, an ambush arc harsh and disturbing death Agile, strong, sincere, and maker. This movie is a beautiful trip, the camera witnessed our return; we for several more minutes, unable to inch above the couch. No permanent Men, women, and children are loyal, Jaguar Paw is a protagonist a vivid vision of the past, and is seri- were evidently well-prepared for our bring the experiment to a head. damage sustained. slaughtered , raped or beaten and tied that is only too easy to love. ously worth watching. "Apocalypto" endeavor to penetrate the mystery. Suddenly, without warning, Bits' to a pole to be taken from the village. This film is an adrenaline nish. is anything but a bomb Hey Celtics! It's not so bad that you have lost 18 games in a row Women 's hockey to From fanatics to fans: players under the age of twenty-five, shot a mind-blowing thirty-two per- with two of the best players being Al cent from the field and out-shot the host last home games What makes a good Jefferson at age twenty-two and Heat by thirty three shots. How does a Gerald Green at twenty-one Ryan team shoot ninety-seven shots and fail where they would pick up a well- Gomes and Jefferson have each been to score eighty points: at least they all By DAVID METCALF earned win over the Huskies. sports columnist? in double fi gures in points and know how to spell HORSE The one STAFF WRITER "Even though we were tired and rebounds, respectively, in fourteen of redeeming stat from the Miami game: didn't play a great first period, we bat- the eighteen loses The Celtics arc Antoine Walker. 0-5 from behind the As (he regular season nears its end, tled the whole game and came out on PRACTICE TO PLAYOFFS developing these young players into three point line. When Toine was the Colby women's hockey team saw top," Triganne said. The women had By JEFF ALDEN strong contributing teammates: one asked why he shot so many threes, he some intense action this past week as faced off against the Huskies earlier can only hope that the Green are trulv replied, "Because there arc no fours." they picked up an overtime win over this season with an identical 3-1 result rebuilding Young players seem to be Sweet wiggle. Bowdoin College, a loss to top-ranked favoring Colby. Amanda Comeau '09, getting quality minutes and proving It is true that the Celtics have strug- Plattsburgh State, and a win over the this week's NESCAC Player of the themselves in game situations. gled without their veteran leader Paul University of Week, tallied a THE RAMBLIN' MAN 11" there ever was a good time to I he front ottice Pierce, who. despite Southern Maine. goal for the have an eighteen game losing streak in and the media have looking like he had "They [Bowdoin] Mules just 34 By AJ HERRMANN the NBA. it would be now . especially talked extensively gained a layer of fat came back from a two All in all it was a seconds into the in Boston The way 1 sec it. Danny about building char- There is a differ- thick enough for goal deficit to take the first period, but Writing a weekly sports column is Ainge and Doc Rivets, both of whom acter and losing with ence in a team Siberian hibernation, lead, [but] we never successful week Southern Maine harder than you think. The problem should never work in basketball again , pride: owner Wye showed some gave up, and never for us, and we came back 11 isn't the amount of material out there: are taking a dive and doing it in Grousbcck even that just stinks glimpse of his for- stopped believing that minutes later to there are thousands upon thousands of between football and baseball seasons gave every member and a team like mer self against the we would win," look forward to tie. However, topics that can be written about from a to fill the void and grab some Herald of the team a book this year's Timberwolvcs. Captain Gen Triganne finishing the Julian scored the variety of different angles. Nor is it the headlines The Celtics " consistent sub- called "The Pierce still has some '08 said. Even though regular season game winning audience: there are millions and mil- mediocre pla> has left them relegated Adversity Celtics. Their years left in him. His Bowdoin outshot goal in the sec- lions of sports fans out there, and the lo the dailv box score and nothing Advantage" about a challenge for the rest Colby 37-23, Colby off strong with ond period spread of the internet has made it pos- more With the success of the Patriots blind dude who went streak has creat- of the year will be outsaved Bowdoin 32- before adding an sible for anyone who can write intelli- and Red Sox no one seems to care hiking. 1 think that is ed an intrigue. not only to carry this 17, and outscored two home games insurance goal. gently to gain an audience through about a team thai cannot win. a lot of crap, these team, but also help them 6-5. against Triganne had 20 word of mouth and good commentary. Yet. there is a difference in a team players did not get to these young players The Mules took an saves for the win. The biggest problem with writing a that just stinks and a team like this where they are with- develop, something early lead in last Wesleyan. She commented, sports column is the fact that there is year's Celtics Their streak has creat- out having some determination, pndc he has not done well in the past. Wednesday's game, 3- "All in all it was so much commentary already out Gen Triganne '08 ed an intngue and somehow drawn me and character. After Ricky Davis " dag- So are the Celtics going lo get the 1 after just one period, a successful there, almost every conceivable thing Captain back to a team that was last fun to ger Sunday night Tommy Heinsohn seven-foot Greg Oden? It is unlikel y; sending a clear mes- week for us, and about major sports has been written watch when they were on Sports put it perfectly. "Pick your head up. we are not even to the All-Star break sage to the Polar Bears we look forward about already. There are always inter- Channel The losses put me back in don't suck your thumb, and you're and with the return of Pierce the Celts that they needed to be ready to play if to finishing the regular season off esting new developments each season, front of the TV and I discovered a going to win games" 1 thought Davis are bound to win at least a couple they wanted a chance. And play they strong with two home games against but even these developments tend to young group o{ guv s that are develop- was a bum even when he was on the more than the Bobcats. I think they did, scoring three goals in a row in the Wesleyan this weekend." follow familiar patterns: the stories ing into respectable plav crs. Some Celtics. should just dive, look at the last time third period, bringing the game to a 5- The Wesleyan games, Friday at about Peyton Manning "breaking will noi be able to handle the losses, Even with the positive of player the Celtics were in this situation; they 5 tie at the end of regulation time. After 7:00 and Saturday at 3:00, will mark through" bear an eerie resemblance to but those that tan u ill last a long time development, some of the statistics could have drafted Tim Duncan. At three minutes of overtime play, Colby's the end of the regular season and the the stories about Bill Cowher from the m the NBA from the past eighteen games are so any rate, it is good that people are Becky Julian '09, assisted by Caroline beginning of the NESCAC tourna- year before (or the stories about the Over the streak, the Celtic 's have atrocious they are almost funny. even talking about this team again. I Voyles '08, managed to get the puck ment season. Colby is currently Red Sox or the White Sox "finally given significant minutes to eleven Against the Miami Heat the Celtics missed it. past Bowdoin's Samantha Schwager to ranked fifth in the league behind making it" after the 2004 and 2005 score the final goal of the game. Middlebury College, Bowdoin, World Series). This past weekend, the team trav- Amherst College and Hamilton There are obvious exceptions to eled to play Plattsburgh State. College with an in-league record of this problem: if you're really into a Plattsburgh State is currently the four wins, seven losses and three ties, sport, then you'll readjust about any- MEN'S HOCKEY: Mules will likely host a NESCAC quarterfinal game nationally top ranked division HI and an overall record of seven wins, thing written about it. The term team, and though the game did not 10 losses, and five ties. Last season BABIP (batting average on balls in Knights, then the streaking Norwich regular season champions, followed ' turn out in Colby's favor, with an 8-0 the Mules finished fourth in the play) probably means nothing to 97% Continued From Page 10 University Cadets, who have won four by Amherst College, Colby, and result, it gave them valuable experi- league, and they hope to match that kids at this school, but the 3% who are in a row and twelve out of fifteen. Wesleyan getting the remaining first- ence playing against some extremely again this season. The tournament will absolute hardcore baseball fans would during the weekend put him solidly in Both of these are not NESCAC games, round home games. Middlebury talented opponents. The very next day begin one week after the end of the love to read a column telling them that first place in the New England Small and as Colby has now won three College, ranked number one in the the team traveled down to USM, regular season. Curt Schilling's very high BABIP College Athletic Conference with 37 games in a row, will act as good tunc- country before the start of the season, makes him a leading candidate to points, four behind his nearest com- ups as the team tries to build momen- Williams. Connecticut College, and bounce back with a better season than petitor. He is currcntK ranked 14 tum heading towards the NESCAC Trinity would get the last four spots what he had last year. There are nationatU amongst Division III ath- playoffs, beginning on Saturday Feb. and travel first round. Middlebury has nuances like this to explore in every letes Fntch. Reber, kelley. and Joe 24. and hopefully the NCAA Division won the last three, and six of the last INDOOR TRACK: Competed at BU and MIT sport, but unless you write for an Rothwell "08 arc all also in the top ten III tournament beyond that Colby is seven NESCAC championships—the a time of 6.82 seconds. intense fan site like Baseball in points On a historical note, congrat- currently tied for second in the league other seven teams will be looking to Continued From Page 10 The rest of the Mules that did not Prospectus, InsideHoops, or ulations to Osborne. His seven points and looks to have a first round end that streak. Hamilton College and compete at BU were just across the Rotoworld the majority of the readers scored this weekend made him only the NESCAC playoff game at home. If the Tufts University would be the two Charles River, racing at MIT Coed will have no idea what you're talking thirteenth person in Colby men's ice standings stay as they are right now. teams not to make the playoffs. The strong races against very deep fields Invitational that same day. The women about (and have no desire to read the hockey history to reach 100 total points that game would be a chance for winner of the NESCAC playoffs and posted personal bests on a fast BU had an impressive showing in the mid- complex analysis you're offering). in his career revenge against Williams College, receives an automatic bid to the track." dle distance events. So most sports columnists have to This weekend the men's hockey who defeated Colby 6-3 earlier in the NCAA tournament, much more relax- Captain Roy Wilson '07 led the Allison Cogbill '07 won the try to find a balance: a way to remain team is away, first facing die strug- season. If all the standings remain the ing than waiting to see if you have . Colby sprinters by placing 51st out of women's mile with a time of 5:26.95. accessible to casual fans while keep- gling St. Michael's College Purple same. Bowdoin ^.icgc will be the been given one of the at-large bids. 100 entrants in the 55 meter dash with First-years Margo Derecktor ing the interest of the fanatics, all the (5:27.14) and Kutrina Gravel (5:28.19) while trying to remain original and not finished on Cogbill's heels, placing spew out the same recycled material second and third, respectively. as everyone else. The best at doing First-years on the women's side this are individuals like Sports continued their strong showing: Cassie Illustrated s Rick Reilly, ESPN's Bill Knight won the 3,000 meter with a Simmons, and Michael Wilbon and time of 10:48.24 and Nicole Mitchell Tony Kornheiser on Pardon the and Amanda Burgess earned second Interruption (admittedly a TV Show, place in their respective events, the but these guys both continue to write 600 meter and the 1,000 meter. for newspapers and both spent most of In a six-way tie, Kirsten Davis '07 their careers as columnists). These claimed fourth place in the high jump guys tend to keep things reasonably I "I g« to work on lt$ti« that I roily tare with a jump of 4 feet 7.75 inches. light-hearted: they are discussing The men also had their share of sports, after all. They also do an excel- about, nidi as the health care industry and glory at MIT. Ian London '07 domi- lent job talking about different sports nated the mile with a time of 4:19.77, and different topics, even throwing in fief 4Ce E Medicare, with a leading expert in the field. I winning with a margin of more than 10 the occasional (or in Simmons ';; case, seconds. Chris Deroo '09 also cap- required) pop culture reference every hope Chat one day my researchwll main a tured a big "W" for the Mules with a now and then. win in the quarter mile. In a come- So that's what I try and do with my M difference in the Eves of millionsof people." back campaign from illness, Deroo column: keep things interesting, keep churned out a 52.96 second 400 meter. things varied, and try and not write —Trttl rQft TJ The men and women are looking about the same stuff as individuals forward to returning to Boston who get paid to do this for a living. 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Ending with College on Monday, Feb. 5, at home, a final score of 71-62, the Mules man- concluding with a score of 65-61. aged to maintain the Jumbos to a fair- McCabe and Cappelloni tallied 19 ly close differential. The Jumbos points each. Duval added five points, currently hold an impressive 16-7 five rebounds and three assists. record, going 8-1 in the New England For the second time this season Small College Athletic Conference, Cappelloni earned Rookie of the Week compared to the Mules ' 1-10 from the Maine Women's Basketball NESCAC record. Coaches Association, this time for the Although Colby was not able to week of Feb. 4- Feb. 11. Her contribu- overcome their competition, highlights tions during a win over St Joseph's of the game included a standout per- College (19 points, nine rebounds and formance by Lauren Duval '09. She two blocked shot) as well as her efforts reached her collegiate-high of 20 in the above mentioned Bates and points and nine rebounds. In her last Tufts games, earned her this honor. BEN HFJtBST/THE COLBY ECHO college basketball game, Captain Cappelloni concluded her season Tracy Nale '07 went out strong with ranked third for blocked shots (39 17 points, while Katie McCabe '08 total) in the NESCAC league and tied Drew Cohen '07 and Nick Farrell '07 contributed 20 points. Alison for fourth in 3-potnt field goal percent- Men's basketball co-Captains Cohen and Farrell have led their team Cappelloni '10 added eight points. At age (.333). through a highly successful season which culminated with wins against half time the scored was 36-27 favor- Colby will lose the senior leader- Bates and Tufts last weekend. Both players are amongst the best in the ing the Jumbos, and throughout the ship of Nale, Molly Rice and Laura NESCAC. Farrell has claimed NESCAC Player of the Week honors three second half the Mules failed to suc- Williamson, but with talented young times this season. He leads the league in overall scoring, with 456 points, and cessfully narrow the deficit players such as Cappelloni and Duval, is also fourth in steals. Farrell was also named as the DII News Player of the The day before, on Friday, Feb. 9, plus the experience of rising seniors Month, as well as the Eastern College Athletic Conference New England the Mules matched up against tradi- such as McCabe, perhaps the 2007- Div. Ill Player of the Week. Cohen has also been extremely impressive, earn- tional rival Bates College for the sec- 2008 season will be one in which the ing NESCAC Player of the Week honors on Feb. 12. He leads the league in ond time this season. On Friday Colby Mules can become more of a force blocked shots, with 79, as well as defensive rebounds, with 137. Cohen is fell short of avenging their Jan. 9, loss within the NESCAC. also second in overall rebounding. Against Bates and Tufts , Cohen averaged (75-66) to the Bobcats-this time, Bates Lauren Duval '09 goes up for a shot against the Jumbos. Duval had a col- an impressive 24 points, 10 rebounds, 5.5 blocked shots and four assists, to overtook Colby by a score of 87-74. In legiate-high 20 points. Tufts won the game, 71-62. make him the leading scorer for the Mules in the pair of wins. a rather unusual fashion, three Mules

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By DYLAN PERRY AND ALEXA Jody Centauro in 23rd, with a time of him the opportunity to focus on his UNDAUER 1:44.34. The men really struggled on own training. Mestieri noted how STAFF WRITER AND SPORTS EDITOR Saturday, with senior Ryan important this past year has been for Praskievicz finishing first among the Oliphant 's training. "The hope we had This past weekend the Colby alpine Mules with a 28th place finish and a all along was that Dan would just get a ski team traveled to New Hampshire to time of 1:47.08. All other Colby racers legitimate shot—and through hard compete in the Dartmouth College finished after him in a pool of 43 com- work he has that now. He has NFL carnival. The Mules competed in petitors. The men were likely not size, he's determined; as much as we slalom on both Friday and Saturday. helped by the fact that there was no had hoped for this opportunity last Although a few Colby skiers placed giant slalom event held this weekend, spring, he is much better prepared well, the young team remained in their as they have traditionally fared better physically than he was a year ago." season long nit. The Colby women in the giant slalom this season than in Mestieri has nothing to offer but finished fifth of 10 teams on Friday, the slalom. praise of Oliphant, and the entire but dropped to seventh Saturday, while With the combined scores of the Colby football program is hopeful that the men placed eighth both days. nordic team, Colby finished in eighth Oliphant will be successful in his Dartmouth won the event. place overall at Dartmouth with a upcoming endeavors. He said that "We Colby's fastest female Mule both score of 448, beating out Harvard [the Colby football program] are days was without a doubt Dana University, St. Michael's College, extremely proud of Dan and genuinely Breakstone '10, who placed 11th on Bowdoin College and the University happy for him—he is such a humble, Friday with a two-run time of 1:43.11, of Maine at Presque Isle. fine young man." earning 24 NCAA points for her per- This weekend the team will com- Oliphant is equally appreciative of formance. Breakstone continued with pete in the Williams College Carnival his former coach. Neither coach nor her impressive results on Saturday, at Jiminy Peak, in Massachusetts. athlete is willing to take the credit for when she finished 15th in the slalom, Only the Eastern Championships, held Oliphant 's success. Oliphant said, Oliphant (78) protects quarterback Justin Smith '07 at offensive lineman during the 2005 season. with a two-run time of 1:48.94, earn- at Middlebury College, remain after "Coach Mestieri is the greatest coach I ing 16 NCAA points. this weekend before the NCAA cham- have ever had. He fostered through his own passion a love for the sport of Also helping the Mules reach their pionships in March, which will be is fifth place finish Friday were Laura hosted by the University of New football in me that inspired me to chase CJ Maine Teen Camp (www.teencamp.com) this dream. Without him this could not MR JB&l^l hiring Liftman '10 in 19th, with a two-run Hampshire. The Mules will really for Camp and time of 1:44.69 and Brett Wagenheim have to improve their finishes in the and would not happen." MM p i m summer! counselors instructors in ^ '08 who placed 22nd, with a two-run next weekends if they hope to send Mestieri concluded, "I'm just E l Et WkM WAKEBOARU, BOAT DRIVING. WATERSKI. MNTN. time of 1:47.40. Wagenheim also fin- representatives to the NCAA champi- pleased that Dan has discovered ished 23rd the following day. onships, which they have done for the through his participation in our foot- m fjg immw I BIKES, ROPES COURSE, FINE ARTS, On the men's side, Josh Keman ' 10 past several years. The top 14 qualify ball program that he was capable of M PERFORMANCE ARTS and more! Email us: | i CJf±| i | raced into 15th place Friday with a and currently Centuaro is ranked 21st doing something like this." [email protected] or call 1.800. 752.CAMP time of 1:42.62, followed by junior overall. Agfe W^W Wmm Wr J? |^* Easy ONLINE APPLICATION. f TEENCAMP.

Men's basketball makes playoff s ¦ ¦¦ ji^tt^'- >• ^P^K^'" ' ^B * fli By AMANDA ROEHN such a powerful win allowed the Farrell stated after this impressive STAFF WRITER Mules to come out strong against Tufts win that "most importantly this week- University, against whom they end gave us momentum going into the w^mI rI After the competitiveness and acquired another win and a spot in the playoffs, and hopefully we will keep it Etfe, > ",•¦' \. '. Wl^^tittUffl desire shown during the hard fought playoffs. As was the case at Bates, going." This consistency and talent the lu* ill W games against Amherst College and Colby came from behind in the second Mules have been able to show recent- Trinity College in the end of January, it half to defeat yet another New ly is a reflection of the consistency and ^M* iP jllfl comes as no surprise that men's bas- England Small College Athletic talent portrayed by Farrell. He has ketball was able to sweep on the road Conference opponent. Cohen had been continually recognized as a key l3 this weekend to secure a spot in post contributor, and not just by his team- ]i R ^IH MM season play. The Mules traveled down mates and coaches. Along with being to Lewiston to take on Bates College Most important- honored as NESCAC player of the itaMjfc Iklj in a game that came down to the wire. week three times this season, Farrell H—rf^x^| WlU L^Q They came back from being nine ly, this weekend has been named as the Dill News ^^uiZ-Jfli points behind to beat the Bobcats for gave us momen- Player of the Month for January and as the first time since 2003. Senior the Eastern College Athletic Captain Drew Cohen helped secure tum going into Conference New England Division III this victory by scoring 23 points and the playoffs. Player of the Week. Farrell joins his acquiring nine rebounds, and Adam fellow senior captain, Cohen in Choice '10 contributed 13 points and tiick Farrell '07 achieving 1 ,000 career points and cur- had nine rebounds as well. Senior Captain rently has 1,018 with 385 career Captain Nick Farrell put up 19 points assists. Cohen has also been quite which included five threes. The come- impressive, earning NESCAC Player back for the Mules took place when another impressive showing putting up of the Week honors as well and leading the Bobcats led 57-48 with a little over 25 points, 11 rebounds, eight blocked the league in blocked shots, with 79. eight minutes left. Mark Gaudet '08, shots, seven assists and no turnovers. The leadership on this team is clearly a Farrell, Choice, and Cohen sparked a Choice, however, hit two free throws key factor in their current success. The 13-0 run to help bring Colby back in to place Colby ahead for good. Choice Mules will now travel to Middlebury the game with a score of 61-57 with also shot 8-for-ll from the field and College to take on the Panthers in the five minutes left. The final score was had 20 points and seven rebounds. NESCAC quarter finals on Saturday, ¦ t f/41'. iVfc -imFit an intense 63-62. Farrell continued to be a steady con- Feb. 17, at 3:00 p.m. ^^^™^«-^^^»^^^^^B! The momentum generated from tributor with 11 points and four assists. ^^Wff^^^P"*^^ this week in sports Recent graduate to play Men 's hockey def eats Wesleyan FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 • Alpine and Nordic Skiing in the NFL Europa @ Williams Carnival be respected by my coaches and team- • Women's Squash By ALEXA UNDAUER mates and have a highly successful @ Howe Cup SPORTS EDITOR college football experience." • Men 's Hockey However, the possibility of playing @ St. Michael's Daniel Oliphant "06, in his four professional football became a reality • Women's Hockey years at Colby, was well known as a during his time at Colby. "I have the vs. Wesleyan starting football size to play at 7 p.m. player in his sopho- the next level (a more and junior I did want to be characteristic SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17 years before being that is God • Women 's Squash named a captain of the best offensive given) and @ Howe Cup the squad in his lineman in our determination • Alpine and Nordic Skiing senior year, in addi- and people— @ Williams Carnival tion to claiming the league and strived specifically my • Indoor Track 2006 Mr. Colby title. towards that goal, parents, friends @ NE Div. Ill Championship Oliphant is again and the Colby • Women's Swimming making Colby histo- but all I ever want- football pro- @ NESCACs ry as the first ever gram— that • Men's Basketball ed was to be have allowed Colby graduate to @ Middlebury sign with an NFL me to chase this respected by my Men s hockey easily defeated Trinity College last Saturday, 8-2, in their last regular season home game. NESCAC Quarterfinals team. Last week, he dream with • Women's Hockey agreed to a free agent coaches and team- their full sup- vs. Wesleyan contract with the port." By TODD HERRMAN Cardinals 5-1 , with two goals by Reber '08, Jeffrey Jamot '10 and T.J. mates. 3 p.m. Baltimore Ravens Over the past STAFF WRITER Patrick Rutherford '07, and one each Kelley '08. The two victories moved • Men's Hockey On Mar. 9, Daniel Oliphant '06 year, Oliphant by Ryan Chrenek '08, Arthur Fritch Colby into 24th in the nation in the Oliphant will head to Colby Alumnus to play in NFL Europa has volunteered It was another successful weekend '08, and Captain Greg Osborne '07. United States College Hockey Online @ Norwich Tampa, Florida , as an assistant for the Colby men's ice hockey team, Then on Saturday, Feb. 10, the Mules Division III poll. Goaltender Ben where he will begin coach to the as they closed out their league season annihilated Trinity College, building a Grandjean '07 turned in a solid week- SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18 workouts with the coaches of the six Colby football team, which has bene- with two more resounding victories. 4-0 lead by the end of the first period end, giving up only three goals on 52 • Women's Squash NFL Europa teams. After a week, he fited those players who strive to reach On Friday, Feb. 9 at the Alfond nnk, and never looking back en route to a 8- shots, a save percentage of .942. @ Howe Cup will be drafted to one of those teams— his level of success and has also given the Mules took on Wesleyan 2 victory. Two goals each were scored Osborne 's two goals and five assists • Women's Swimming either Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Rhein, University, the first place team in the by Osborne and Fritch, and single @ NESCACs Cologne, Hamburg or Berlin—and league. Colby won handily, beating the goals were scored by Chrenek, Josh Continued on Page 9 spend the next week practicing with Continued on Page 8 his assigned team. In April and May, Oliphant will travel to Europe to com- pete in the NFL Europa league. If all Nordic skiing continues breakthrough season at Dartmouth goes well , upon his return he will be invited to the Ravens* preseason train- Ivey crossed the finish line 35 sec- metcr relay. sixteenth, seventeenth, nineteenth and month spread features all your favorite ing camp. Colby football Head Coach By JOHN WALLER onds behind her teammate, which was The men 's team depth proved to twenty-second place, respectively. nordics in the buff with conveniently Ed Mestieri noted that even if Oliphant STAFF WRITER good enough to place her twentieth make the difference for the second The men's nordic team also compet- placed skis, medicine balls and door does not make the Ravens, it is realis- overall in one of her strongest colle- straight week with all six male com- ed in a relay on Saturday with Kline, frames; contact a member of the team tic to think that he could be picked for The nordic ski team continued their giate races to date. petitors finishing in the top 22 in their Bailey and Swain each traversing 10- for details. another NFL team. winning ways this weekend. The men The women were once again able to 20-kilometer mass start race on Friday. kilometer legs; Oliphant was honored numerous and women competed at the count on their growing depth with "It was a cool race," Ross said. "We the team fin- times throughout his Colby football Dartmouth College Ski Carnival, Jennie Brcntrup '10, Rose Long *10 skied most of it together, and at a lot of ished in career. He was a two-time first team which was held in Stowe, Vermont, and Linnea Rooke '09 finishing in for- points the sixth place guy could look I :24:18.5 , all-conference selection at offensive due to a snow-less Hanover, New tieth , forty-first and forty-second up and sec all five guys ahead of him." which put them line in the New England Small College Hampshire, in a mass start classic race place, respectively. All three skiers Ross attributed the close racing not in eighth place. Athletic Conference. He was also an on Friday and relays on Saturday. With were inexperienced in collegiate rac- to tactics, but to the fact that the team As hot as the Ellsworth Millctt Award recipient , the men placing fourth and the women ing coming into the season, but skier has been training togeUier for so long men 's nordic which honors individuals who have seventh on Friday, the nordic squad as Austin Ross '08 said that the three and is so competitive with each other. team is in com- contributed the most to Colby athletics a unit finished the day in fourth place have been vital to the women's success Matt Briggs 09 had a breakout race petition right in their four years. with 113 points. this year. for the Mules, leading the way with his now, things According to Oliphant , playing The women's nordic team once "It 's good that Jennie, Linnea and eleventh place finish. The sophomore might be get- football professionally had not been a again got great performances from Rose are pretty consistent," he said. covered the 20-kilometer course in ting even hotter lifelong dream of his; he merely want- Captain Kathleen Maynard '09 and "They aren't quite where Kathleen and 1:05:37.7. away from the ed to excel at the sport while he was Mandy Ivey '10. Maynard, who has Mandy are, but we can count on them Fred Bailey 07 was the next Colby snow with their here at Colby. "Continuing my foot- been no stranger to the leaderboard every week to come through." skier to finish just behind Briggs in annual calen- ball career was never really the goal. I this season, finished in fifteenth place The women 's team of Ivey, fourteenth place, and Nick Kline 08, dar hitting the COURTESY OF MATT BRWGS did want to be the best offensive line- in the 15-kilometer mass start race Brentrup and Maynard finished in Ross, Silas Gill 09 and John Swain shelves this Fred Bailey '07 competes in Stone, Vermont. man in our league and strived towards posting a time of 56:25.4. sixth place on Saturday in a 3x5-kilu- 08 were tight on his heels finishing in week. The 12- that goal, but all I ever wanted was to Squash prepares for national tournament With strong finishes at St. Valentine's

By ALEXA UNDAUER for teams ranked ninth through Invite, track gears up for NE Div. Ills SPORTS EDITOR 16th in the nation. Last season, the Mules entered the tourna- ment ranked 13th and ulti- set a personal record at 17:30. also ran in the mile; Minty placed third By PATRICK BAGLEY Both the men's and women's squash mately finished in 12th place. STAFF WRITER Devan FitzPatrick '09 and Liz Petit with a time of 4:46.42. teams faced some tough competition While the women have a First-year phenomenon Heather in their final week of regular play lead- good chance of moving up MacDonald set a personal record in ing up to nationals, which will occur their national ranking, Head It is rare for athletes in the New the 800 meter (2:20.9) while placing this weekend for the women and next Coa^h Sakhi Khan knows that England Small College Athletic The best of the 46 out of 125 competitors. The weekend for the men. The women's the task before them will be a Conference to compete head to head best were there. women's distance medley relay beat squad fell 9-0 to Bowdoin College, difficult one. "We will have with professionals; however, this past the NCAA provisional qualifying while the men split the week with a 9- tough matches from start to weekend a select few men and women The atmosphere mark by clocking in at 12:14.23. 0 loss to Bates College and a 7-2 vic- finish. It could come down to Squash defeated Northwestern last Sunday. of Colby's indoor track team had that alone made you Dan Vassallo '07 had the highest tory over Northwestern University. every women player doing her opportunity at the §t. Valentine want to run fast. finish for the men, earning 23rd place The women were part to help us The men went on to play Invitational, hosted by Boston in the 5,000 meter. Vassallo's time of unable to take a victory win. We will Northwestern in their last home game University. 14:55.23 was a personal best. In a Karen Prisby '07 at any of the positions have no time to " of the season on Sunday. The Mules "The best of the best were there, Captain breakout performance, Dan Moss '08 against the Polar Bears. Every match experiment. We picked up seven wins for the victory. Captain and AU-American Karen placed 47 in the 1000 meter with a per- Bowdoin has had a will be impor- will need to be Khan said, "The Northwestern win i Prisby *07 said, "The atmosphere sonal record of 2:35.76. strong season, placing determined to was critical to keep us in our bracket. I alone made you want to run fast." "Vassallo and Moss proved that fourth in the first ever tant and we will do what is need- was happy to see the men come i Prisby, running the 5,000 meter race '08 ran in the one mile placing 34th they could hang with Division I run- New England Small have no time for ed from the very through in that match." The win was ' led by three Reebok professionals ran and 39th, respectively. FitzPatrick's ners on Friday," teammate John D. College Athletic start," he said. truly a total team effort. Carr com- a personal best of 17:14 to a highly time of 5:12.51 was a personal record. Waller '08 said. "Both of them had Conference tournament second guesses. The men 's mented, "It was great having seven of i respectable eighth place. Five places Recent Colby graduate Jessica Minty two weeks ago. The Our work will be team also faced us pick up wins in our last match behind was Anna King '08, who also '06, now running for New Balance, Continued on Page 8 Mules did defeat a difficult team beforenationals. " Bowdoin in the 2004- cut out for us. this week in The men are ranked 22nd in the 2005 season, but last Bates. The nation, which puts them in sixth place year were unable to win Sakhi Khan Bobcats were in the bracket for the teams ranked INSIDE SPORTS any of the four matches Head Coach able to sweep 17th through 24th. Like the women, Men s hoops headed to NESCACs they played against the the Mules. the tournament will be a challenge for The men defeated Tufts and Bates last week- Polar Bears. Captain Andy Carr '07 said, "We knew the men but also an opportunity to end and will play Middlebury Saturday. P OE » Despite the loss, the women are Bates was a really tough team. They improve their national standings. * strong in the national rankings, and just recently broke into the top 10 in Khan said, "Every match will be will enter the national tournament the country, so it was no surprise that important and we will have no time Women s basketball ends season ranked 15th in the nation. This stand- they were able to beat us across the for second guesses. Our work will be The Mules finished their season with a win ing will place them in the Kurtz board." Bates took third place at the cut out for us." against St. Joseph's and a loss to Tufts, PAGE S Division of the tournament, which is recent NESCAC championships. PAGE 9 PAGE 9 |